By Andre Bagoo
\nMarch 13, 2008<\/i><\/p>\n
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A MAN who was charged with rape and who spent four years in prison after being identified by two women at a police identification parade, was yesterday set free and exonerated by DNA evidence which proved his innocence. It is the first time DNA has set an accused person free in a court of law in this country.<\/p>\n
The man, who was arrested on November 19, 2003, had been charged with one count of rape, two counts of grevious sexual assault and two counts of robbery with aggravation in relation to an incident with two women on November 18, 2003 at a trail in Bon Air, just off the Priority Bus Route. Test clears rape accused after five years in jail<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n By Denyse Renne For the first time in this country’s history, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has been used to exonerate a man who was charged with raping a woman.<\/p>\n Speaking with reporters after being released, Jeremy said he had asked the officers to take a DNA sample from him after being arrested and charged. He said he had lost five years of his life for a crime he never committed. <\/p>\n Williams [Jeremy’s attorney] said although he was grateful for the outcome, he remained baffled about the identification parade, where his client was pointed out by the victim and her relative. <\/p>\n “The integrity of the identification parade has now come into question. I really find it strange that if the witnesses were not coaxed and the identification parade fair, then how could people (the witnesses) have pointed out the wrong man,” Williams said. <\/p>\n Williams noted the frightening aspect of this case, adding that there could be “a lot of men charged for the same offence who pleaded innocence and they are currently spending time in jail”. DNA history in T&T: Man cleared of rape<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n By Jada Loutoo A MAN who spent more than four years behind bars for the alleged rape of a woman at the back of a TSTT substation in Arouca, has become the first person in T&T to be cleared by DNA evidence. <\/p>\n Quincy Jeremy was charged with raping the woman and sexually assaulting her cousin as they exited a maxi taxi on the Priority Bus Route in Bon Air on November 18, 2003. <\/p>\n A DNA test of the rape kit taken from the victim proved he did not commit the rape. <\/p>\n Jeremy was yesterday exonerated by a judge, after the test conducted at the Forensic Science Centre on March 6, excluded him. <\/p>\n It is the first time the scientific technology was used in a rape trial and the test was done at the request of the accused himself. <\/p>\n Prosecutors Cheron Raphael and Renuka Rambhajan facilitated Jeremy\u2019s request for the DNA analysis to be done and were commended, not only by the judge, but by Jeremy himself. By Andre Bagoo March 13, 2008 A MAN who was charged with rape and who spent four years in prison after being identified by two women at a police identification parade, was yesterday set free and exonerated by DNA evidence which proved his innocence. It is the first time DNA has set an accused person … Continue reading DNA Test clears rape accused<\/span>
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\nBut yesterday, when his trial came up before High Court Judge Madame Justice Joan Charles at the Hall of Justice, the State was forced to discontinue its case in light of the results of DNA testing.
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